Revisiting human hemispheric specialization with neuroimaging
Trends in Cognitive Sciences. 2013-02-01; 17(2): 69-80
DOI: 10.1016/j.tics.2012.12.004
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1. Trends Cogn Sci. 2013 Feb;17(2):69-80. doi: 10.1016/j.tics.2012.12.004. Epub 2013
Jan 11.
Revisiting human hemispheric specialization with neuroimaging.
Hervé PY(1), Zago L, Petit L, Mazoyer B, Tzourio-Mazoyer N.
Author information:
(1)Groupe d’Imagerie Neurofonctionnelle, UMR 5296, CEA – CNRS – Université
Bordeaux Ségalen, F-33076 Bordeaux, France.
Hemispheric specialization (HS) is a hemisphere-dependent relationship between a
cognitive, sensory, or motor function and a set of brain structures. It includes
both the hosting by a given hemisphere of specialized networks that have unique
functional properties and mechanisms that enable the inter-hemispheric
coordination necessary for efficient processing. Long derived from
neuropsychological and behavioral observations, knowledge of HS is currently
being profoundly modified by cutting-edge neuroimaging research that focuses both
on the neural implementation of HS for language, visuospatial functions, and
motor control/handedness across development and on the analysis of interactions
between brain regions within and across hemispheres. New findings reveal the
fundamental role of lateralization in the large-scale architecture of the human
brain, whose ontogenesis has begun to be investigated with genetic-heritability
brain mapping.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.tics.2012.12.004
PMID: 23317751 [Indexed for MEDLINE]